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7 facts about childhood and youth the head of UOC Ukrainian Orthodox Church. on 17 August  it is a year since the enthronement of Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Onufriya. To the anniversary of the enthronement of Metropolitan Onuphrius Information Center UOC has made selection of facts from public sources about the childhood and youth of the head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church. From the family of priests: The present Patriarch of UOC (Onufriy - Orest Volodymyrovych Berezovsky) was born in the family priest. His brother was also a priest. As a child present UOC wanted to be like Basil the Great . His father told him how this saint became his pray when the sun is shining it in the back, and when finished the prayer, the sun already shone in the face. But then, according to Onufriy  he forgot about it and raised so as all children. The Church and the game of football: As a child, the future Metropolitan Onuphrius always attended church, but ...

Onufry is in Atlanta USA.  On Wednesday 22 July 2015 Metropolitan Onufry of Kyiv and All Ukraine arrived at the Atlanta for the 18th All-American Council .  On July 23 Metropolitan Onufry celebrates Divine Liturgy along with the host of bishops of the Orthodox Church in America , and then took part in the V plenary session of the 18th All-American Council , which focused on the spread of Orthodox mission .  Addressing the participants of the Council thanked   Archbishop Tikhon for the invitation and stressed the role of the missionary activity of St. Herman of Alaska in spreading the Orthodox faith in North America. He arrived not for money or treasure but only the love of Christ and the joy of eternal life - the Gospel - said the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church .